(((Via Burnlab. No wonder they compare that car to science fiction, because that model is 16 years old. It could practically vote by now.)))
http://www.velocetoday.com/cars/cars_21.ph
Link: VeloceToday - Online Magazine for Italian Car Enthusiasts! .
"Asymmetrically-graduated analog instruments are attached to the exposed steering column, their wires enclosed in wound wire sleeves. The same sleeves also house the exterior mirrors' exposed adjustment cables. Door armrests flow into the tapered edges of a bifurcated binnacle (((I love techno rhetoric like this))) around the steering column which fades into the dash top, then picks up again to flow down through the center stack through the console and up onto the rear deck. The shift lever is formed of two sinuous metal rods, like old grape vines, (((it's this sudden burst into rural, bucolic, well-nigh Virgilian Georgic language that really makes this))) supporting an asymmetrical wooden shift lever that fits the hand like a well-used sailmaker's palm. The instruments, outside mirrors, console and rear deck trim are hand-formed, brushed and clear coated steel still showing evidence of the Ghia metal artists' hammers.
Words do not come close to doing Taru Lahti's Ghia Focus justice. (((Actually, the words pretty much do, sorta.))) It is a visual and tactile delight on the order of the most sensuous creations of Jean Bugatti, Joseph Figoni and Franco Scaglione. It is a science fiction fantasy that exudes life...
